Soviet Space Program Tsiklon-2 US-A 17

Tsiklon-2

Status

Success

Date

5 MAR 1981

18:09

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

Rocket

Tsiklon-2

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.

Height

39.7 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

182 T

Thrust

2,366 kN